Mike Martz

After seeking that missing piece to get them back to the Super Bowl every offseason since 2006, the Bears finally tore their roster down. That's why when coach John Fox and general manager Ryan Pace emerged from behind a backdrop Wednesday in the Perry Center at Olivet Nazarene University to talk about the opening of the team's 14th training camp here, it was impossible to pin them down on expectations. No one knows quite what to make of these Bears, the ones that finally fell apart last season in sinking to 5-11, the club's worst finish since posting the same record in 2004 with the three-headed quarterback monster of Jonathan Quinn, Craig Krenzel and Chad Hutchinson. ...

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